The flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam hit trouble over Wyoming and diverted to Minneapolis so injured passengers could be treated.
25 people were taken to hospital after a Delta Air Lines flight encountered « significant turbulence » on Wednesday.
Flight 56 departed Salt Lake City at 4:45 p.m. MT and was supposed to land in Amsterdam around nine hours later.
About 40 minutes after takeoff, data from Flightradar24 shows the Airbus A330 encountered turbulence at 37,000 feet over Wyoming. It rose about 1,000 feet, then dropped as much as 2,300 feet.
The flight-tracking website showed several other aircraft avoiding storms in the area while the Delta plane appeared to fly through a rough weather patch.
The A330 diverted to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, landing safely about two hours after taking off from Utah.
